Beginner's question: How do I make half round bevels for text?

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Hi,

I want to make some text with a half round bevel. How do I go about?
Is it done by using a bump map, or can it be done using the modeling tools?
I already searched the forum, but couldn’t find an answer to this specific
problem. I also searched YouTube for some tutorials, but the only one that covers
bevels was much too fast. I am using Blender 2.76b.

TIA,

Claus

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The built-in text object has beveling built right into it, have you tried it?

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Yes, of course, but what I’m looking for is a half round bevel (see image).


Claus

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Moved from “General Forums > Blender and CG Discussions” to “Support > Modeling”

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perhaps alt+c (mesh from curve) after beveling the text. Then delete the half, select edges and insert new faces (alt+f)

result;

text.blend (658 KB)

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Hi Ray,

thanks for your recommendation & the .blend file. I will try that.

Claus